Over one hundred years ago, a young woman at Canterbury Shaker Village in New Hampshire was considered too frail to take part in the rigorous daily duties of the working Shaker Sisters. Yet Cora Helena Sarle had a talent for art, and the spiritual leader of the community, Elder Henry Clay Blinn, suggested that she use her gift for the good of the communal family. Thus she began her task of recording all the wild plants, herbs, and flowers around the village. In two modest notebooks, leaving no room for mistakes, young ...
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Over one hundred years ago, a young woman at Canterbury Shaker Village in New Hampshire was considered too frail to take part in the rigorous daily duties of the working Shaker Sisters. Yet Cora Helena Sarle had a talent for art, and the spiritual leader of the community, Elder Henry Clay Blinn, suggested that she use her gift for the good of the communal family. Thus she began her task of recording all the wild plants, herbs, and flowers around the village. In two modest notebooks, leaving no room for mistakes, young Helena filled page after page with more than 180 exquisite color illustrations, exceptional for both their accuracy and their delicacy. Each drawing is complemented by the specific growing conditions of the wild and cultivated plants. With this work, she joined a Shaker tradition of creating maps and "gift drawings" that relayed the message and passion of the group's calling. This lovely facsimile captures the life and times not only of Cora Helena Sarle but of Canterbury Shaker Village in the 1880s. Essays by noted Shaker expert June Sprigg and Village president Scott T. Swank illuminate the patterns of daily living in the nineteenth-century community. And of course, Helena's exquisite drawings bring to life the extensive Canterbury property, and reveal the inspirational gifts of their creator.
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Seller's Description:
Fair. Size: 10x7x1; Ex-library hardbound with clear cover over jacket. Stickers partially removed from exterior; book plate partially and roughly removed from first page, puncturing page; else gentle wear. Beautiful full-page color reproductions of the drawings and notes. No markings of text noted.
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Used Very Good in Very Good jacket. Dust Jacket is clean and intact, with minor edge and corner wear. Front and back covers have light edge and corner wear. Spine intact with no creasing or warping. Binding is tight and intact, pages clean and unmarked. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
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Near new condition, covers bright, text clean and binding tight in a bright and crisp dust jacket. Size: 9.5" x 11.5". Notebook 1: 76pp, Notebook 2: 77pp.
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Very Good. Size: 11x9x0; Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good dust jacket. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear text. Shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
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Sarle, Cora Helena. Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 4to. Unpages, introduction by June Sprigg Tooley, afterword by Scott T. Swank, list of plant names, 77 color plates; dark green boards. Fine, fine dust jacket.
